Better Living Through Chemistry (The American)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Publish Date : Thursday, May 5, 2011
The overwhelming body of scientific evidence supports the safety of myriad chemicals in use today.A fusillade of recent items by the New York Times, US News, CNN, and others purports to show how certain common pesticides lead to reduced IQs among children of women exposed to these chemicals while pregnant.  Read Full >>

The Real Reason Drug Companies are Failing? (Medical Progress Today)
The FDA has gotten tougher, but that's not the only problem
By Jonathan (Josh) Bloom, Ph.D.
Publish Date : Friday, April 15, 2011
Trouble in the pharmaceutical industry has become so evident that major news organizations are belatedly taking note of it. This was evidenced by a recent plethora of stories about the slew of looming patent expirations major drug companies are facing. Some important reasons have been examined, but there is much more to the story.  Read Full >>

Will Rationing Supersede America's Healthcare Legacy? (Medical News Today)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Publish Date : Thursday, March 24, 2011
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. We all like to think of America as a land of opportunity, a place where people are free to make their own choices in matters large and small. That's why it's so disturbing to see American regulators moving to restrict the treatment options of women suffering from advanced-stage "triple-negative" breast cancer, the most difficult type to treat - and doing so at the same time European regulators are reinforcing the choices available for   Read Full >>

Are Menthol Cigarettes Riskier Than Non-Menthol? (WebMD)
By Denise Mann
Publish Date : Wednesday, March 23, 2011
In March 23 article for WebMD, Denise Mann quotes ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross in his response to the proposed ban on menthol cigarettes.  Read Full >>

Dr. Whelan refutes proposal to ban soda purchases using food stamps (BBC News)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Thursday, March 10, 2011
In an interview for BBC, ACSH’s Dr. Elizabeth Whelan challenges the validity of a recent request by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to bar residents who receive food stamps from using them to purchase soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages.  Read Full >>

Guest opinion: Don't let money cloud the vision of drug regulators
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Publish Date : Monday, January 31, 2011
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. The medical journal Eye recently published a highly anticipated preliminary study comparing the drug Lucentis with the anti-cancer drug Avastin for the treatment of "wet," age-related macular degeneration (AMD). If Avastin is comparable in effectiveness to Lucentis, the federal government could see this as an opportunity to trim Medicare and Medicaid costs.  Read Full >>

Empire State or Nanny State: Suffolk should not ban energy drinks (The Daily Caller)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H., Michelle Minton
Publish Date : Friday, January 28, 2011
By Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan. In New York State, 18-year-olds need to show ID to buy cigarettes, get married, and vote. Now one lawmaker wants to make them show ID to purchase … energy drinks.  Read Full >>

Open Letter to the New York Assembly Health Committee (E-cigarette Forum)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Wednesday, January 26, 2011
By Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan. As President of American Council on Science and Health, Dr. Whelan sent the following open letter to the New York Assembly Health Committee urging against the passing of a law prohibiting e-cigarettes.        Read Full >>

The biggest unfounded health scares of 2010 (The Daily Caller)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Thursday, December 30, 2010
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. As we begin a new year, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) would first like to try and slay the demons and hobgoblins of the past year. We do this each New Year’s Eve by making a list of the top unfounded health scares of the outgoing year. These bouts of hysteria are prompted by many different things. But what they have in common is that there’s no scientific evidence to back up the alarms being sounded.  Read Full >>

New Antibiotics, Stat! (National Review Online)
The vaccine makers are in a bind — and public health is in danger.
By Jonathan (Josh) Bloom, Ph.D., Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Publish Date : Monday, December 20, 2010
By Dr. Josh Bloom and Dr. Gilbert Ross.The development of new antibiotics has slowed to a trickle, just when we need them most. As drug-resistant bacteria are on the rampage worldwide, we find ourselves in a most precarious situation — one not unlike the one we faced in the pre-antibiotic era, before penicillin, when staphylococcal and pneumococcal infections were the dominant pathogens. . .  Read Full >>